THE 53rd INTERNATIONAL ATLANTIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Paris, France
13-17 March 2002

International Trade and Exchange: Gravity vs. Globalization
Friday 13:45 - 15:45

Organizers: Anna B. Kisiel-Lowczyc, University of Gdansk, and Jan W. Owsinski, Systems Research Institute and Polish Academy of Science

Chair: Borje Johansson, Jonkoping International Business School

Tiiu Paas, University of Tartu, Gravity Approach for Exploring International Trade Flows of the Baltic Sea Region

Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso and Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann, University Jaume I, Augmented Gravity Model: An Application to Trade Between the Regional Blocs

Jan W. Owsinski, Systems Research Institute and Polish Academy of Science, and A. Barbara Kisiel-Lowczyc, University Of Gdansk, Gravity in Trade and Barriers to it: A Two-Way Modeling and Reasoning

Urmas Varblane, University Of Tartu, The Impact of EU Accession on the Estonian Trade with Food Products: Partial Equilibrium Approach

Discussants: Vladimir Benacek, Charles University, and Toru Kikuchi, Kobe University